Chatham Parish, New Brunswick
Appearance
Chatham | |
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Country | Canada |
Province | New Brunswick |
County | Northumberland |
Established | 1814 |
Area | |
• Land | 22.26 km2 (8.59 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 522 |
• Density | 23.5/km2 (61/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | 4.0% |
• Dwellings | 265 |
Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (ADT) |
Chatham is a parish in Northumberland County, New Brunswick.[2] Colloquially, the area is called Taintville, because "it ain't Chatham and it ain't Loggieville."
Its population in the 2011 Census was 522.
Delineation
Chatham Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act[3] as being bounded:
- North by the main Miramichi River; southwest by Nelson [Parish], and south by Napan River, from its mouth to the northwest angle of lot number thirty-two (Henry Coil); thence south sixty-eight degrees west to Nelson Parish, including Middle Island.
Communities
- Lower Napan
- Middle Island
- Savoy Beach
- Snyders Beach
- Taintville
- Upper Napan
Demographics
PopulationPopulation trend[4]
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LanguageMother tongue language (2006)[5]
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See also
References
- ^ a b 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Chatham Parish, New Brunswick
- ^ New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Chatham Parish
- ^ "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
- ^ 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Chatham Parish, New Brunswick